You can always give Chopper at Ironjerks, I mean Ironworks in the Gaithersburg airpark a call. I squatted in their space while I built my brothers psychobilly Harley. They wont have most of your stuff in stock, but it usually only takes a couple of days to get it in. The guys are all good and not totally full of the I'm a cool biker mentality. Chopper does nice paint and Paul is really good with Japanese stuff, both vintage and modern, if you end up needing any work or fine tuning.

Hmmm.....dunno. For my vintage Guzzi, there are a couple of specific Guzzi vintage parts suppliers, so it's been easy. I wonder if there are specific vintage Japanese parts suppliers? Maybe post on the Cafe Racer portion of the BBS and see what people say about parts for their old Japanese motorcycles.

I just ordered stuff from RetroBikes on the suggestion of the folks on the Honda 305 forum. The site isn't the greatest, but it's all Honda, all the time. From what I can understand, it's run by a couple who knows their stuff.

I filled out the order form, which doesn't actually place an order but it sends them an email. I heard back within a few hours that yes, it was all in stock, and it would be $x for parts + shipping. I paid with Paypal and had the stuff via Priority mail in a few days.

Yeah- you shouldn't have to go to timbuktu to find bits and bulbs for a 20 year old bike. Let's see. Coleman, Modern Classics and Battley can all order with Parts Unlimited. I have the 2010 dealer parts catalogue (or tome)- then you can just call up whichever shop and have them order whatever part you need. Don't think their website is as in-depth as the catalogue and you can't order it through there anyway.

Nevermind- their website got better. Still have to order through a dealer, but busy dealers place orders w/ them very regularly. Just call whichever shop, speak to the parts dept and ask them on what days they place their orders from PU. If it's in stock, they usually get it pronto and will give you a jingle when it comes in. Could be wrong, but I don't think you pay shipping on those little things since it's lumped in with the shop's regular parts order. http://www.parts-unlimited.com/fitment/searchParts.do

To search, you need to pick a sport out of the drop-down. Go with metric.

ToeCutterette wrote:Nevermind- their website got better. Still have to order through a dealer, but busy dealers place orders w/ them very regularly. Just call whichever shop, speak to the parts dept and ask them on what days they place their orders from PU. If it's in stock, they usually get it pronto and will give you a jingle when it comes in. Could be wrong, but I don't think you pay shipping on those little things since it's lumped in with the shop's regular parts order. http://www.parts-unlimited.com/fitment/searchParts.do

To search, you need to pick a sport out of the drop-down. Go with metric.

We place orders with PU at least three times a week. And if someone needs something or some things over $50 then we can place an order right away.